Genetic pleiotropy explains associations between musical auditory discrimination and intelligence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Mosing, Miriam A ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Madison, Guy ^b   Ullén, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; PHENOTYPE; PITCH; PLEIOTROPY; PSYCHOMETRY; SWEDISH CITIZEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84912567707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113874     Document Type: Article

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